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community home

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noun

  1. a home provided by a local authority for children who cannot remain with parents or relatives, or be placed with foster parents

  2. Former name: approved school.   community home with education on the premises.   CHE.  a boarding school for young offenders

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Representatives from Argentina’s Jewish community, home to some 230,000 Jews, praised Thursday’s court ruling as “historic, unique in Argentina.”

From Seattle Times

And with the Village, we think there’s an opportunity to not only have a great community home for cinema in Los Angeles but for us to create the kind of theater that we hope will one day exist across the country.

From Los Angeles Times

About 30% of the 4,400 people who call the 6-square-mile community home are 65 or older, a rate twice as high as the statewide figure and significantly above San Bernardino County’s other mountain communities, according to the latest census data.

From Los Angeles Times

The Community Home Lenders Association, which opposed the deal, has argued that Empower and ICE's Encompass unit are the top two vendors for loan origination software, jointly controlling upwards of 60% of the market.

From Reuters

Empower and ICE's Encompass unit are the top two vendors for loan origination software, jointly controlling upwards of 60% of the market, according to the Community Home Lenders Association, an industry group which has lobbied against the deal.

From Reuters